We'd remove the bottom bolts from the mast to separate it from the baseplate 
and leave the baseplate.  If it was installed with sealant and it's not leaking 
now, there's no reason to disturb it.  We'd remove it if the customer insisted.



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From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Sam Lambie 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 5:53 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] do we have to deinstall CPE if customer cancels?

The mast becomes part of the house, so we always leave that when we de-install. 
We try to pick up most of the SM's and have a running list that gets tackled 
when the field crews are in the area and they have time.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM Adam Moffett 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I always believed we had an obligation to remove it since we also always said 
that we own the equipment.  If we had the customer buy the equipment then I'd 
assume the opposite.  You bought it, you figure it out.

We may have occasionally abandoned old stuff, but usually we collected it even 
if it was garbage.  We didn't want to build a reputation for leaving scrap 
metal on people's houses.

IANAL of course.


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Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 1:16 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [AFMUG] do we have to deinstall CPE if customer cancels?


Is there any legal obligation to take down a WISP radio if the customer cancels?



Yes, if it’s a $300 current model radio that we can redeploy, I want it back 
and will send a tech out to retrieve it, at no cost to the (ex) customer.



But what if it’s an older model that’s EOS and while it works just fine we 
wouldn’t redeploy it?  Mostly customers are OK with us telling them we don’t 
need it back, you can take it down yourself if it bothers you.  Occasionally an 
entitled customer will insist we have to come take it down for free.  I don’t 
think DISH and DirecTV do that.

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